Pope Silverius

Pope Silverius (500-2 December 537) was the Pope from 536 to 537, succeeding Pope Agapetus I and preceding Pope Vigilius.

Biography
Silverius was born in 500 AD in Campania, Italy, and he became Pope in 536 AD after the death of Pope Agapetus I. King Theodahad of Italy forced his consecration, hoping to put a pro-Gothic candidate in the Vatican on the eve of the Gothic War with the Byzantine Empire. Silverius purchased his election from Theodahad, and on 9 December 536 Byzantine general Belisarius entered Rome. In March 537 Belisarius deposed Silverius and sent him into exile, and he died in December.